Just curious if anyone has one on here?
I've had mine for about 3 weeks now...so far I love it.
The prints come out "Almost" as good as the Epson s80's, better Color gamut than the latex... Way less grain (usually), and so far panel lengths been perfect.... And colors been consistent.
I just did my first 20 ft wall job with it - 5 4 ft x 9 ft panels and everything aligned and matched perfectly. In comparison... Our latex 700 at work couldn't match 3 panels that were 4 ft by 8 ft.... Everything was a quarter of an inch to an eighth of an inch off... It was a huge pain to apply it with 50 pieces to align / stretch media to.
Downsides?
It sounds like a jet engine.
The heater isn't enclosed - it has a heater far away from the media.. .likely to prevent rubs / jams which are common with the latex. But think desktop fan.... That's blowing heat out. We're in a 99 degree heat wave right now, so having it blow air out is brutal.
On-top of that... While I usually don't get graininess, it's been really bad during this heat wave. I'm hoping it's the best wave anyways, the prints look worst than the latex - in fairness, my garage is 105 degrees according to the printer, and the operating range is 86 and lower... It's been complaining it's too hot.... Which is only worsened by the fav there's a jet engine blowing hot air out into it.
Overall... I feel like it's the "best" of both worlds. It has most of the benefits of latex and solvent... With way less of the downfalls of either. In a normal environment it may not be so loud... It's probably 4-5x louder than our 700w though, and the heat dispersement may not be as problematic if it's in a space that's open and fits more than 1 car in it.
For a first gen model, it's great. It was a bit cheaper than the 700 series as well.
Those who have issues with their latex such as panel misalignment, color changes, but like the characteristics of latex may want to look into it. I feel like in a gen or two Epson will easily surpass latex and work out all the kinks...
To be fair - I loved our 560. I know others had issues with it, but we never had color issues or alignment issues in the 4 years we printed on it. The 700 on the other hand has been problematic... It feels like hp may be a bit of a gamble whether you get a good machine or not.
I've had mine for about 3 weeks now...so far I love it.
The prints come out "Almost" as good as the Epson s80's, better Color gamut than the latex... Way less grain (usually), and so far panel lengths been perfect.... And colors been consistent.
I just did my first 20 ft wall job with it - 5 4 ft x 9 ft panels and everything aligned and matched perfectly. In comparison... Our latex 700 at work couldn't match 3 panels that were 4 ft by 8 ft.... Everything was a quarter of an inch to an eighth of an inch off... It was a huge pain to apply it with 50 pieces to align / stretch media to.
Downsides?
It sounds like a jet engine.
The heater isn't enclosed - it has a heater far away from the media.. .likely to prevent rubs / jams which are common with the latex. But think desktop fan.... That's blowing heat out. We're in a 99 degree heat wave right now, so having it blow air out is brutal.
On-top of that... While I usually don't get graininess, it's been really bad during this heat wave. I'm hoping it's the best wave anyways, the prints look worst than the latex - in fairness, my garage is 105 degrees according to the printer, and the operating range is 86 and lower... It's been complaining it's too hot.... Which is only worsened by the fav there's a jet engine blowing hot air out into it.
Overall... I feel like it's the "best" of both worlds. It has most of the benefits of latex and solvent... With way less of the downfalls of either. In a normal environment it may not be so loud... It's probably 4-5x louder than our 700w though, and the heat dispersement may not be as problematic if it's in a space that's open and fits more than 1 car in it.
For a first gen model, it's great. It was a bit cheaper than the 700 series as well.
Those who have issues with their latex such as panel misalignment, color changes, but like the characteristics of latex may want to look into it. I feel like in a gen or two Epson will easily surpass latex and work out all the kinks...
To be fair - I loved our 560. I know others had issues with it, but we never had color issues or alignment issues in the 4 years we printed on it. The 700 on the other hand has been problematic... It feels like hp may be a bit of a gamble whether you get a good machine or not.
